1. Description of Our Community
Our local communty is located in Romania , a Central European Country. Situated in the center of the depression with the same name, at an altitude of 360-380 m, Radauti has established its hearth in the confluence angle of Suceava with Sucevita. The oblong form of the dumps (NV-SE) favors the conduct of the wind blowing in this way, and the numerous water surfaces introduce some changes in the normal way of meteorological elements. The average annual temperature is 6.9°C; the average annual temperature of July is 18.2°C and of January -5.3°C. The average annual rainfall is 643.6mm. The clime is temperate. At first sight, an opened territory, the area of the town called Radauti is well hidden in a natural way, by the swampy land that surrounds it. This natural protection, associated with the vast possibilities of practicing the agriculture and cattle rising, have made Radauti, from the ancient times, an adequated place for living (the oldest signs found are from 7000 years ago) The region has a lot of mineral resources ,the salt and the mineral water know in the World as 'La Dorna'.Bukowina is a touristical area with a lot of mountain resorts and pensions that anualy atrracct a lot of tourists because of the landscape ,of the clean envirnomet and of the ecological food that is characteristic for this area. Because of the rich green parts, of the high quality of the water , the locals deal with raising animals,growing vegetables ,and planting trees.etc
2. Summary of Our Project
At school we foud out what the levels that must be considerd are when detrmining the quality of the water,of the air and of tha soil.There were intensive moments of talking between colegues on the topic of the envirnoment and our group was spotaniously organized that chose to study 'The dtermiantion of the ph from the hidrogrphical area of Radauti' Out group has 5 members and every one of them has an important role in creating the project. Ioana-Mãdãlina Belibou and Andreea ªpac took samples from the field ,translated the hole matereial in English,and talked with with the outorities specialized in this area.. Mihaela Sehlanec and Roxana Irofte were the ones who took the pictures making this project a known matter,staied in contact with the mass-media Spooksmen. Costel Prelipcean deald with the thenological part of the project,he createed the web-pages and he made the disign of the project.
3. Our Computer and Internet Access
A. Percentage of students using the Internet at home:more than 50%
B. Number of workstations with Internet access in the classroom:more than 6
C. Connection speed used in the classroom:dedicated connection
D. Number of years our classroom has been connected to the Internet:2-3
4. Problems We Had To Overcome
In the cold months speciall in January and February it was very hard to take sample of the siol because it was forzeen.We asked our colegues for help,and they helped us by tansfoming our problem in an ocasion form leisure and recreation. Another problem was adaptating our scheduel to the the one of chemist engineer Cristina Mafteian,wich was very kind to us.She advised us as a real professinist.
5. Our Project Sound Bite
Our school takes part to a program called 'EcoSchool' and our participation at this CyberFair project and the propaganda that we made helped to inform the pupils about the concequences that could be brought by a deteriorated environment.
6. How did your activities and research for this CyberFair Project support standards, required coursework and curriculum standards?
This project taught us how to work in a team,to be tolerants, how to speak with the autorities about a problem, to take into account the opinion of the others and it was a chance to performe our English knoledge. The Internet is very useful in learning because it offers us many information witch are accesible in top speed. Our group is a small one,we all have the same age, sex and intelectual preparation, our group also has a coordinating and our work was an experimental one. First, the members of the group had had individual tasks, then, we put together all the information, we worked like a team and, finally, we elaborated this projet.
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